Andy Wahloo Bar Bar Confronta Cocktail Courtyard Pop Art Andy Wahloo Le Marais $$$ Mazouz brothers' Marais cocktail bar, North African-Pop Art mash-up, since 2001, with a hidden courtyard.
Bar Hemingway Bar Bar Confronta Historic Wood Panelled No Reservations Bar Hemingway Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$$$ The Ritz's wood-paneled cocktail room, bookless reservations and a serious dry martini
Bisou Bar Bar Confronta Cocktail No Menu Sustainable Bisou Le Marais $$$ Haut-Marais no-menu cocktail bar, bartender asks your mood, builds the drink around French organic seasonal produce.
Candelaria Bar Bar Confronta Speakeasy Mezcal Agave Candelaria Le Marais $$$ Taqueria up front, hidden cocktail bar through the back door, one of Paris's first speakeasies, still in form.
Experimental Cocktail Club Bar Bar Confronta Speakeasy Late Night No Reservations Experimental Cocktail Club Sentier & Bourse $$$ The 2007 Sentier speakeasy that built modern Paris cocktail culture, still no reservations
Little Red Door Bar Bar Confronta Cocktail Intimate Speakeasy Ish Little Red Door Le Marais $$$ World's 50 Best Bars veteran, eleven consecutive years on the list, peak rank #6 in 2023.
Mabel Bar Bar Confronta Cocktail Rum Small Room Mabel Sentier & Bourse $$ Sentier rum den behind a grilled-cheese counter, Joseph Akhavan's 100-plus-rum library, Diffords-listed.
Sherry Butt Bar Bar Confronta Whisky Leather Intimate Sherry Butt Le Marais $$$ Whisky-led cocktail den behind a discreet 4e façade, Vogue called it one of the world's 20 best.